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CLEP Analyzing And Interpreting Literature

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. The repetition of consonant sounds - especially at the beginning of words.






2. The first stage of a functional or dramatic plot - in which necessary background information is provided.






3. A brief witty poem - often satirical.






4. A figure of speech in which two things are compared using 'like' or 'as'.






5. A story passed down over the generations that was once believed to be true.






6. Refers to how a piece of literature is written rather than to what is actually said.






7. The idea of a literary work abstracted from its details of language - character - and action - and cast in the form of a generalization.






8. Poetic meters such as trochaic and oactylic that move or fall from a stressed to an unstressed syllable.






9. The implied attitude of a writer toward the subject and acharacters of a work.






10. A fourteen-line poem in iambic pentameter.






11. A metrical foot represented by two stressed syllables.






12. The character or force with which the protagonist conflicts.






13. An eight-line unit - which may constitue a stanza; or a section of a poem - as in the octave of a sonnet.






14. A long narrative poem that records the adventures of a hero.






15. A figure of speech in which an inanimate object animal - or idea is given human qualities or characteristics.






16. A six-line unit of verse constituting a stanza or section of a poem.






17. A struggle or clash between opposing characters - forces - or emotions.






18. A speech delivered while only one character is on stage; it reveals a character's innermost thoughts and feelings.






19. A strong pause within a line.






20. The point at which a character understands his/her situation as it really is.






21. A narrative poem written in four-line stanzas - characterized by swift action and narrated in a direct style.






22. A run-on line of poetry in which logical and grammatical sense carries over from one line into the next.






23. A division or unit of a poem that is repeated in the same form - - either with similar or identical patterns or rhyme and meter - or with variations from one stanza to another.






24. A word that closely resembles the sound that the word is supposed to make.






25. A short saying with a moral.






26. An accented syllable followed by an unaccented one.






27. The resolution of the plot of a literarture work.






28. The repetition of similar vowel sounds in a sentence or a line of poetry or prose.






29. A pair of rhymed lines that may or may not constitute a seperate stanza in a poem.






30. The difference between what is expected and what actually happens.






31. A story passed down over generations that is believed to be based on real events and real people.






32. A technique in which words - phrases - or sounds are repeated for emphasis.






33. An unstressed syllable followed by a stressed one.






34. A stressed syllable followed by two unstressed ones.






35. An imaginary person that inhabits a literary work.






36. The difference between what a character expects and what the reader knows will happen.






37. As the conflict(s) develop and the characters attempt to revolve those conflicts - suspense builds.






38. Refers to a writers use of language - including the use of literary techniques - word choice - and sentence structure - that sets one writer apart from another.






39. The feeling or atmosphere that a writer creates for the reader.






40. A character struggles with himself/herself and his/her opposing needs.






41. The process by which the writer presents and reveals a character.






42. A line of poetry or prose in unrhymed iambic pentameter.






43. The group of readers to whom a piece of literature is directed.






44. Poetry without a regular pattern of meter or rhyme.






45. An imagined story - whether in prose - poetry - or drama.






46. A historical or literary reference to a person - place - thing - or event that the reader is expected to recognize.






47. Prose writing about real people - places - and events.






48. A nineteen-line lyric poem that relies heavily on repetition.






49. The turning point of the action in the plot of a play or story. It represents the point of greatest tension in the work.






50. A recurring pattern found in a work or works of literature; the pattern is usually representative of something else.